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California Will Be Hit Hard As Trump Weakens Clean Water Protections [1]

"Defying environmentalists and public health advocates, the Trump administration on Thursday announced the replacement of Obama-era water protections with a significantly weaker set of regulations that lifts limits on how much pollution can be dumped into small streams and wetlands.

The changes to the Clean Water Act’s protections are expected to hit California and other Western states especially hard.

Federal data suggest 81% of streams in the Southwest would lose long-held protections, including tributaries to major waterways that millions of people rely on for drinking water."

Anna M. Phillips reports for the Los Angeles Times January 23, 2020. [2]

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Source: LA Times [2], 01/27/2020
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/california-will-be-hit-hard-trump-weakens-clean-water-protections
[2] https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-01-23/california-will-be-hit-hard-as-trump-administration-weakens-clean-water-protections
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[8] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california
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